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DeltAlum 09-01-2004 04:19 PM

Off the top of my head from Ohio University in Athens,

Matt Lauer -- The Today Show
Piper Paraboo -- Actress
Arsenio Hall -- Did not graduate
Nancy Cartwright -- Voice of Bart Simpson
Mike Schmidt -- Baseball Hall of Fame
Betty Thomas -- Actor and Director (Hill Street Blues, etc)
Roger Ailes -- President FoxNews
Paul Newman -- Did not graduate
I'll think of more...

And, of course, DeltAlum

PiLove 09-01-2004 04:42 PM

Tom Hanks (major in Theater, Two time Oscar winner)

Bobby McFerrin ( his single was “Don’t Worry Be Happy.”)

Rick Rossovich (he was Slider from the film “Top Gun.” and
Dr. John Taglieri on ER)

*Delta Gamma* Joan Lunden a.ka. Joanie Blunden (ABC’s “Good Morning America.” and currently hosts, “Biography” on A&E.)

Joe Carnahan (director of the critically acclaimed film “Narc.”)

Politicalwise we have:
Senator Phil Isenberg,
(former) Representatives Vic Fazio and Richard Rainey
and the Director of the Secret Service were all CSUS alum

Sports:
Chad Elliott (pitcher for the New York Mets)
Casey Fuller (outfielder for the Colorado Rockies)
Otis Gillespie (tight end for the Dallas Cowboys in the late 70s and early 80s)

Here's something I found funny, the voice actor who does the Taco Bell chihuahua, Carlos Alazraqui, is a former Sac State student.

Senusret I 09-01-2004 04:46 PM

Well Known GEORGETOWN Alumni
 
From: http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=740

Georgetown University graduates go on to be leaders in a variety of career fields. Alumni hold leadership posts in academia, the arts, business, government, legal, medical, and non-profit sectors throughout the world. A sample of alumni successes include:

Law, Government, and Politics

* William Jefferson Clinton (SFS'68) - former President of the United States (Alpha Phi Omega!)
* Antonin Scalia (C'57) - Supreme Court justice
* George Tenet (SFS'76) - director of Central Intelligence
* Michael Powell (L'93) - chairman, Federal Communications Commission
* Gen. James Jones (F'66) - supreme allied commander, Europe, North American Treaty Organization
* William McDonough (G'62) - former president and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of N.Y.; Chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
* Mark Morial (L'83) - former mayor of New Orleans (Alpha Phi Alpha!)
* Scott Thomas (L'77) - commissioner, Federal Elections Commission
* Andrew Natsios, (C'71) - administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
* Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (SFS'68) - president of the Philippines
* Thomas Ambro (C'72, L'75) - Judge, United States Court of Appeals
* Franklin L. Lavin (SFS'79, G'85) - Ambassador to Singapore
* George Mitchell (L'61) - former majority leader, U.S. Senate
* Mickey Kantor (L'68) - former secretary of Commerce
* Alfredo Cristiani (B'68) - former president of El Salvador

Congress

* Sen. Patrick Leahy (L'64) - D-VT
* Sen. Richard Durbin (SFS'66; L'78) - D-IL
* Sen. Lisa Murkowski (C'80) - R-AK
* Rep. Michael Castle (L'64) - R-DE
* Rep. John Dingell (C'49, L'52) - D-MI
* Rep. Lane Evans (L'78) - D-IL
* Rep. Mike Ferguson (MPP'95) - R-NJ
* Rep. Martin Frost (L'70) - D-TX
* Rep. Steny Hoyer (L'66) - D-MD
* Rep. Henry Hyde (C'47) - R-IL
* Rep. William Jefferson (L'96) - D-LA
* Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (L'92) - R-IL
* Rep. Charlie Norwood (DDS'69) - R-GA
* Rep. Peter Visclosky (L'82) - D-IN
* Rep. Frank Wolf (L'65) - R-VA
* Rep. Albert Wynn (L'77) - D-MD

Business

* Ted Leonsis (C'77) - vice chairman, America Online and President, AOL Core Services; majority owner, Washington Capitals hockey team
* Philip Marineau (C'68) - president and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
* Marcus Wallenberg (SFS'80) - president and CEO, Investor AB
* Robert Emmett McDonough (F'49) - founder and vice chairman, Remedy Temp, Inc.

* Edmond Villani (C'68) - vice chairman, Deutsche Asset Management
* Nicholas Forstmann (B'69) - partner, Forstmann Little and Company
* Ken "Dr. Fad" Hakuta (B'72) - inventor and CEO, Allherb.com Foundation (Wow I didn't know Dr. Fad was a Hoya! That's the Wacky Wall Walker guy!)
* Jules Kroll (L'66) - president, Kroll-O'Gara Company
* Paul Nussbaum (L'71) - president, Patriot American Corporation

Entertainment, Media and Culture

* Stuart Bloomberg (C'72) - chairman, ABC Entertainment
* Jonathan Nolan (C'98) - author of "Memento"
* Linda Gradstein (SFS'85) - correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR)
* William Peter Blatty (C'50) - author of "The Exorcist"
* John Guare (C'60; H'91) - author and playwright
* Margaret Edson (G'92) - Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Wit"
* Maria Shriver (C'77) - first lady of California; best selling author
* Malcolm Lee (C'92) - director, "The Best Man" and "Undercover Brother"And Spike Lee's cousin!
* Greta Van Susteren (L'79, L'82) - anchorwoman, Fox News Network

Science and Medicine

* Antonia Novello (Hospital fellow '75) - physician, former U.S. Surgeon General
* John J. Ring (C'49; M'53) - former president, American Medical Association
* Solomon Snyder (C'59, M'62) - neuroscientist

Religion, Social Action and Education

* Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. (C'56) - 47th president, Georgetown University
* Joan Claybrook (L'73) - president, Public Citizen
* Robert M. Hayes (C'74) - founder, Coalition for the Homeless
* Rev. Daniel K. Lahart, S.J., president of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School, Houston, TX (B '83)
* Rev. Brian Paulson, S.J., president of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, Chicago, IL (SFS '81)
* Anthony Shriver (C'88) - founder and chairman, Best Buddies International
* Most Rev. Thomas J. Rodi, Bishop, Diocese of Biloxi, MS (C '71)
* Sister Kathleen Ross, SNJM, founding President, Heritage College, Yakima, WA (G '71)
* Rev. John Whitney, S.J., (C'80) - provincial of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus

Sports

* Paul Tagliabue (C'62) - commissioner, National Football League
* Patrick Ewing (C'85) - assistant basketball coach, Houston Rockets
* Othella Harrington (C'96) - professional basketball player, New York Knicks
* Dikembe Mutombo (SLL'91) - professional basketball player, New York Knicks
Don Reid (C'95) - professional basketball player, Detroit Pistons
* Jerome Williams (C'96) - professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls
* Jaren Jackson (B'89) - professional basketball player, Orlando Magic
* Jahidi White (C'98) - professional basketball player, Phoenix Suns
* Ruben Boumtje Boumtje (C'01) - professional basketball player, Cleveland Cavaliers

C - College
SFS - School of Foreign Service
B - Business
SLL- School of Language and Linguistics
G - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
L - Law Center
M - School of Medicine
DDS - Dental School
SSCE - School of Summer and Continuing Education
May 12, 2004


ALSO:

Amerie, CAS '00 (R&B Singer)
Allen Iverson (did not graduate)

tinydancer 09-01-2004 05:40 PM

Well, lessee - University of Texas alums I can think of right off the top of my head:

Matthew McConaghey
Rene Zellweiger (and I can't spell either one right)
Katherine Crosby (wife of Bing Crosby)
Farrah Fawcett
Ron Ely, TV's Tarzan
Earl Campbell
Ricky Williams
Priest Holmes
Kay Bailey Hutchison (US Senator)
Lady Bird Johnson, former First Lady
Walter Cronkite
Allan Ludden
First Daughters Lynda Bird Johnson, Luci Baines Johnson, and Jenna Bush

I'll think of some more!

Intense1920 09-01-2004 06:44 PM

Howard University
 
Thurgood Marshall
Stokely Carmicheal
Phylicia Rashad
Debbie Allen
Sean "Puffy" Combs
members of Shai
Marlon WAyans
Ralph Bunche
Roni Morrison
Zora Neale Hurston
Vernon Jordan
Jessye Norman
Lynn Whitfield
Yolanda Adams
Elijah E. Cumming
Roberta Flack

Very incomplete list. I'll have some more soon.

XOMichelle 09-02-2004 11:14 AM

Tiger Woods
Reese Witherspoon
Chelsea Clinton
Sandra Day O'Connor
Kenneth Star's daughter... which was fun because she and Chelsea were at school at the time when the trial was happening.

off the top of my head.

Rudey 09-02-2004 11:47 AM

Re: Howard University
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Intense1920
Thurgood Marshall
Stokely Carmicheal
Phylicia Rashad
Debbie Allen
Sean "Puffy" Combs
members of Shai
Marlon WAyans
Ralph Bunche
Roni Morrison
Zora Neale Hurston
Vernon Jordan
Jessye Norman
Lynn Whitfield
Yolanda Adams
Elijah E. Cumming
Roberta Flack

Very incomplete list. I'll have some more soon.

You advertise Puffy? If I was you, I'd pretend he was from the University of Toronto or something.

-Rudey

TheEpitome1920 09-02-2004 12:26 PM

The only people I know of...
 
DePaul ~ Gillian Anderson, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Quentin Richardson
Denison~ Michael Eisner (not sure if they want to claim him now)

TheEpitome1920 09-02-2004 12:27 PM

Re: Well Known GEORGETOWN Alumni
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Senusret I
From: http://explore.georgetown.edu/documents/?DocumentID=740

Georgetown University graduates go on to be leaders in a variety of career fields. Alumni hold leadership posts in academia, the arts, business, government, legal, medical, and non-profit sectors throughout the world. A sample of alumni successes include:

Law, Government, and Politics

* William Jefferson Clinton (SFS'68) - former President of the United States (Alpha Phi Omega!)
* Antonin Scalia (C'57) - Supreme Court justice
* George Tenet (SFS'76) - director of Central Intelligence
* Michael Powell (L'93) - chairman, Federal Communications Commission
* Gen. James Jones (F'66) - supreme allied commander, Europe, North American Treaty Organization
* William McDonough (G'62) - former president and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of N.Y.; Chairman, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
* Mark Morial (L'83) - former mayor of New Orleans (Alpha Phi Alpha!)
* Scott Thomas (L'77) - commissioner, Federal Elections Commission
* Andrew Natsios, (C'71) - administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
* Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (SFS'68) - president of the Philippines
* Thomas Ambro (C'72, L'75) - Judge, United States Court of Appeals
* Franklin L. Lavin (SFS'79, G'85) - Ambassador to Singapore
* George Mitchell (L'61) - former majority leader, U.S. Senate
* Mickey Kantor (L'68) - former secretary of Commerce
* Alfredo Cristiani (B'68) - former president of El Salvador

Congress

* Sen. Patrick Leahy (L'64) - D-VT
* Sen. Richard Durbin (SFS'66; L'78) - D-IL
* Sen. Lisa Murkowski (C'80) - R-AK
* Rep. Michael Castle (L'64) - R-DE
* Rep. John Dingell (C'49, L'52) - D-MI
* Rep. Lane Evans (L'78) - D-IL
* Rep. Mike Ferguson (MPP'95) - R-NJ
* Rep. Martin Frost (L'70) - D-TX
* Rep. Steny Hoyer (L'66) - D-MD
* Rep. Henry Hyde (C'47) - R-IL
* Rep. William Jefferson (L'96) - D-LA
* Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (L'92) - R-IL
* Rep. Charlie Norwood (DDS'69) - R-GA
* Rep. Peter Visclosky (L'82) - D-IN
* Rep. Frank Wolf (L'65) - R-VA
* Rep. Albert Wynn (L'77) - D-MD

Business

* Ted Leonsis (C'77) - vice chairman, America Online and President, AOL Core Services; majority owner, Washington Capitals hockey team
* Philip Marineau (C'68) - president and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
* Marcus Wallenberg (SFS'80) - president and CEO, Investor AB
* Robert Emmett McDonough (F'49) - founder and vice chairman, Remedy Temp, Inc.

* Edmond Villani (C'68) - vice chairman, Deutsche Asset Management
* Nicholas Forstmann (B'69) - partner, Forstmann Little and Company
* Ken "Dr. Fad" Hakuta (B'72) - inventor and CEO, Allherb.com Foundation (Wow I didn't know Dr. Fad was a Hoya! That's the Wacky Wall Walker guy!)
* Jules Kroll (L'66) - president, Kroll-O'Gara Company
* Paul Nussbaum (L'71) - president, Patriot American Corporation

Entertainment, Media and Culture

* Stuart Bloomberg (C'72) - chairman, ABC Entertainment
* Jonathan Nolan (C'98) - author of "Memento"
* Linda Gradstein (SFS'85) - correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR)
* William Peter Blatty (C'50) - author of "The Exorcist"
* John Guare (C'60; H'91) - author and playwright
* Margaret Edson (G'92) - Pulitzer Prize winning author of "Wit"
* Maria Shriver (C'77) - first lady of California; best selling author
* Malcolm Lee (C'92) - director, "The Best Man" and "Undercover Brother"And Spike Lee's cousin!
* Greta Van Susteren (L'79, L'82) - anchorwoman, Fox News Network

Science and Medicine

* Antonia Novello (Hospital fellow '75) - physician, former U.S. Surgeon General
* John J. Ring (C'49; M'53) - former president, American Medical Association
* Solomon Snyder (C'59, M'62) - neuroscientist

Religion, Social Action and Education

* Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J. (C'56) - 47th president, Georgetown University
* Joan Claybrook (L'73) - president, Public Citizen
* Robert M. Hayes (C'74) - founder, Coalition for the Homeless
* Rev. Daniel K. Lahart, S.J., president of Strake Jesuit College Preparatory School, Houston, TX (B '83)
* Rev. Brian Paulson, S.J., president of St. Ignatius College Preparatory School, Chicago, IL (SFS '81)
* Anthony Shriver (C'88) - founder and chairman, Best Buddies International
* Most Rev. Thomas J. Rodi, Bishop, Diocese of Biloxi, MS (C '71)
* Sister Kathleen Ross, SNJM, founding President, Heritage College, Yakima, WA (G '71)
* Rev. John Whitney, S.J., (C'80) - provincial of the Oregon Province of the Society of Jesus

Sports

* Paul Tagliabue (C'62) - commissioner, National Football League
* Patrick Ewing (C'85) - assistant basketball coach, Houston Rockets
* Othella Harrington (C'96) - professional basketball player, New York Knicks
* Dikembe Mutombo (SLL'91) - professional basketball player, New York Knicks
Don Reid (C'95) - professional basketball player, Detroit Pistons
* Jerome Williams (C'96) - professional basketball player, Chicago Bulls
* Jaren Jackson (B'89) - professional basketball player, Orlando Magic
* Jahidi White (C'98) - professional basketball player, Phoenix Suns
* Ruben Boumtje Boumtje (C'01) - professional basketball player, Cleveland Cavaliers

C - College
SFS - School of Foreign Service
B - Business
SLL- School of Language and Linguistics
G - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
L - Law Center
M - School of Medicine
DDS - Dental School
SSCE - School of Summer and Continuing Education
May 12, 2004


ALSO:

Amerie, CAS '00 (R&B Singer)
Allen Iverson (did not graduate)

Where's Alonzo Mourning...:(

Glitter650 09-02-2004 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by XOMichelle
Tiger Woods
Reese Witherspoon
Chelsea Clinton
Sandra Day O'Connor
Kenneth Star's daughter... which was fun because she and Chelsea were at school at the time when the trial was happening.

off the top of my head.

Fred Savage went to Stanford :D I saw him around Menlo Park back in the day.

Dominique Dawes ( gymnastics gold medalist Atlanta olympics I believe)

ISUKappa 09-02-2004 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Glitter650
Fred Savage went to Stanford :D I saw him around Menlo Park back in the day.
And wasn't he an SAE?

IowaStatePhiPsi 09-02-2004 02:01 PM

Sudan People's Liberation Movement(SPLM) and Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) leader John Garang de Mabior got a doctorate in economics at Iowa State.
And he's coming here on Friday to speak about the peace talks with the Sudanese government.

Name: Dr. John Garang de Mabior. Title : Chairman, SPLM, and Commander-in-Chief, SPLA.

Born: 23 June 1945, in Buk Village of Wangkulei Payam, Bor County, New Sudan.

Tonj Elementary School: 1953-57.

Bussere Intermediate School: 1957-1961.

Rumbek Senior Secondary School, Sudan: 1961-62.

Magamba Senior Secondary School, Tanzania: 1964-65.

Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa (USA): 1965-69, B.A., Economics.

Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Award, 1969.

University of Dar es Salaam Research Fellow, 1969 (under the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship).

After completing research at Dar es Salaam, opted to join the Anyanya guerrillas (1970) instead of going to the University of California, Berkeley, that had granted him a Booth Fellowship for graduate studies beginning Fall of 1970 – and fought for two years with the Anyanya guerrillas.

Absorbed into the Sudanese Army from the guerrilla army with the rank of Captain as a result of the 1972 Addis Ababa Agreement, and became a career soldier in the Sudanese Army (1972-83).

Diploma, Infantry Officers Advanced Course (IOAC-7-74), United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning Georgia, 1974-75.

Instructor, Sudan Military Academy, 1975-76.

Commander, Battalion 105, Bor, 1976-77 (this Battalion became the nucleus of the SPLA in 1983).

Study leave (1977-1981), while remaining in the Sudanese Army.

M.A. Agricultural Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa: 1979.

Ph.D., Economics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa: 1981.

Promoted full Colonel, and appointed Deputy Director of Military Research, Army GHQ: 1982-83.

Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, University of Khartoum, 1982-83, while in active army service.

Founding member of SPLM/SPLA, May 1983.

Chairman and Commander-in-Chief, SPLM/SPLA: 1983 – to the present.

OleMissGlitter 09-02-2004 02:16 PM

The University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS (OLE MISS)

Famous Rebels and Noteworthy Alumni
Van Chancellor (Head Basketball Coach of the Gold Medal 2004 Winning Women's Basketball Team this year in Athens)
James Meredith (First Afro-American to attend Ole Miss in 1962)
Haley Barbour (Former Republican National Chairman and current Mississippi Governor)
Jim Barksdale (Netscape CEO)
William Faulkner (Author)
John Grisham (Author)
Robert Khayat (Washington Redskins kicker, currently the University's chancellor)
Trent Lott (Former Senator Majority Leader)
Gerald McRaney (Actor)
Archie Manning (New Orleans Saints QB)
Eli Manning (New York Giants QB; youngest son of Archie)
John S. McCain (Admiral, USN)
Shepard Smith (News Anchor)
Thad Cochran (US Senator)
Mike Moore (Former Mississippi Attorney General, noted for starting major lawsuits against tobacco industry)
David Delucci (Arizona Diamondbacks Outfielder)
Roosevelt Skerrit (Prime Minister of Dominica and one of the youngest heads of state in the World)
Bill Parsons (Head of NASA's Spaceship Programs)
Charlie Conerly (NY Giant QB)
Leonard McCoy (Fictional Character from Star Trek series--served on the Starship Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk)

Many beauty queens! Many Miss America's! :)

DeltAlum 09-02-2004 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Glitter650
Fred Savage went to Stanford :D I saw him around Menlo Park back in the day.

Dominique Dawes ( gymnastics gold medalist Atlanta olympics I believe)

Also, Delt Brother John Elway one of the newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Senusret I 09-02-2004 04:47 PM

Re: Re: Well Known GEORGETOWN Alumni
 
Quote:

Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
Where's Alonzo Mourning...:(
Interesting...I thought he was on there.


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